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Dark Fantasy movies

Grim fantasy with moral grayness where magic has a price and choices lead to harsh consequences.

A Field in England

1. A Field in England

Horror Thriller Fantasy Folk Horror Dark Fantasy
6.2
20131h 30min

Overview

During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.

Themes

Power dynamics and coercion, Descent into chaos, Folk horror atmosphere, Hallucination under duress, Desertion under pressure, Spiritual journey

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Byzantium

2. Byzantium

Drama Fantasy Thriller Dark Fantasy Mind Game Thriller
6.5
20131h 58min

Overview

Residents of a coastal town learn, with deadly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought refuge at a local boarding house, the Byzantium.

Themes

Parent child relationship, Vampire bite, Blood sucking, Eternal life, Mother daughter resilience, Bat imagery

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Knights of Badassdom

3. Knights of Badassdom

Adventure Fantasy Horror Comedy Dark Fantasy
5.6
20131h 25min

Overview

Three best friends and dedicated roleplayers take to the woods to reenact a dungeons and dragons-like scenario as a live action role-playing game. Trouble arises when a prop spellbook purchased from the internet ends up being a genuine grimoire and they unwittingly conjure up a blood-lusting succubus from hell.

Themes

Loss and resilience, Group dynamics under pressure, Peer pressure in subcultures, Violence within immersive play, Fantasy vs reality tension, Deception and unintended consequences

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

4. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Fantasy Horror Action Dark Fantasy Epic Action
6.1
20131h 28min

Overview

After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.

Themes

Vigilante justice, Institutional manipulation, White vs black magic, Maternal lineage power, Children as targets, Rituals and immunity

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Mood Indigo

5. Mood Indigo

Drama Fantasy Tragic Drama Dark Fantasy
6.5
20132h 11min

Overview

A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

Themes

Illness and dependency, Artistic fixation vs fidelity, Wealth loss and despair, Devotion vs obligation, Romantic strain under illness, Grief and dislocation

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

6. Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

Animation Fantasy Action Anime Dark Fantasy
7.6
20121h 49min

Overview

Sixteen years ago, a mysterious masked ninja unleashes a powerful creature known as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox on the Hidden Leaf Village Konoha, killing many people. In response, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki, the Demon Fox's living prison or Jinchūriki, manage to seal the creature inside their newborn son Naruto Uzumaki. With the Tailed Beast sealed, things continued as normal. However, in the present day, peace ended when a group of ninja called the Akatsuki attack Konoha under the guidance of Tobi, the mysterious masked man behind Fox's rampage years ago who intends on executing his plan to rule the world by shrouding it in illusions.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Duty vs desire, Belonging under pressure, Alternate realities, Parental longing, Altered identity

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Holy Motors

7. Holy Motors

Drama Fantasy Dark Fantasy Psychological Drama
7.0
20121h 56min

Overview

We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.

Themes

Performative identities, Commodification of work, Blurred boundaries of roles, Obsession with appearance, Spectacle vs reality, Impermanence of art

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Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Snow White and the Huntsman

8. Snow White and the Huntsman

Adventure Fantasy Drama Adventure Epic Dark Fantasy
6.1
20122h 7min

Overview

After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain immortality, The Evil Queen needs the heart of Snow White. After Snow escapes the castle, the Queen sends the Huntsman to find her in the Dark Forest.

Themes

Forest isolation, Eternal youth pressure, Deception as control, Evil queen tyranny, Magic sovereignty, Immortality quest

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Dark Shadows

9. Dark Shadows

Comedy Fantasy Dark Comedy Dark Fantasy
6.2
20121h 53min

Overview

Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

Themes

Witch deception, Fishing business disruption, Estate decline vs modern life, Family curse pressure, Angry mob influence, Hidden passages power

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Faust

10. Faust

Fantasy Drama Dark Fantasy Tragic Drama
6.5
20112h 20min

Overview

A doctor in early 19th-century Germany becomes infatuated with the sister of a man he unintentionally killed and bargains with the Devil incarnate to conjure their union in exchange for his soul.

Themes

Deals with the devil, Pursuit of knowledge, Desire versus duty, Science vs superstition, Folklore and myth, Ambition and consequence

Available on

Kanopy
Hoopla
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